coin

Definition of coin

2a: a usually flat piece of metal issued by governmental authority as money

b: metal money

c: something resembling a coin especially in shape

d: a unit of a cryptocurrencyI also caution market participants against promoting or touting the offer and sale of coins without first determining whether the securities laws apply to those actions.— Jay Clayton

3: something used as if it were money (as in verbal or intellectual exchange)
perhaps wisecracks … are respectable literary coin in the U.S. — The Times Literary Supplement (London)would repay him with the full coin of his mind— Ian Fleming

4: something having two different and usually opposing sides
—usually used in the phrase the other side of the coin

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